200 YELLOW-CROWNED THRUSH, 



THIS most elegant little species is the size of 

 the Sparrow, being in length five inches and three 

 quarters: beak brown, with the base flesh -colour: 

 crown of the head rusty yellow : supercilia blackish : 

 upper parts of the plumage of an elegant brown 

 green : quills and tail deep olive green : sides of 

 the head and under parts of the body white: the 

 throat, part of the neck, and part of the breast, 

 spotted with dusky: legs yellowish brown. 



This bird inhabits the whole of the United States : 

 it has a curious cry, like the words peche-peche- 

 peche, which is continually uttered, and kept up 

 for nearly half a minute each time : it builds its 

 nest on the ground, of leaves and dry grass, lined 

 with wool and hair ; it has a covering at the top, 

 and a small hole in the side for an entrance : its 

 eggs are either four or five in number, and are of 

 a white colour, irregularly spotted with reddish 

 brown, particularly at the larger end. 



YELLOW- CROWNED THRUSH. 

 (Turdus ochrocephalus.) 



Tu. pileo genisquejftavis, corpore subtus cinereo remigibus rectri- 



cibusque obscure viritiibus, sub genis striga alba. 

 Thrush with the top of the head and cheeks yellow; body 



beneath ash-coloured ; quills and tail-feathers dull green; and 



with a white stripe beneath the cheeks. 

 Turdus ochrocephalus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 821. Lath. 2nd. 



Orn. I. i.55. 103. 

 Sturnus ze_yianicus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. l. 804. 



